The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-28
LETTER FROM PIG-IRON KELLY.
Republican Banquet at Pittsburg-The
Great Protectioni-i ON His Fayorite


PITTSBURG, April 29.-The banquet of
the Amerrcus Club. of Pittsburg. COM
memnrating the sixty-fifth anniversary
of the birth of Gen. Grant. was held
AT the Monongahela House. this evening
The decorations We're in elaborate
style. I'm the banquet hall the tables
We're arranged - a t. represent the
initials u. =. g.. ON the guests table
an immense bank of flowers was ar
u. ;. G." was worked out. On each of
the three tables the initial letters of the
name were prominent. On the third
table at either end We're he-dates 1922 and
lSs1, presented on backgrounds of
flowers ON the walls of the hall were
portraits of Washington. Lincoln. Gar
field. Logan and prominent local Repub-
lican leaders in times past. OF the
many memorial banquets which have oc-
CURED al this house the one this evening
has not been surpassed. Gov. Foraker
of Ohio. was the principal guest and the
orator of the evening. speaking to the
toast Gen. Grant" Among the letters
nf regret was read the following:
IHE INN.
ANNI~ToN. ALA. April 23.
-,GENTLEMEN-Tho the invitation
of the AmericuS Club. of Pittsburg. was
received on the sixth inst. have post
pOned its acknowledgement in the hope
that | might accept the honor thus CON
ferred upon me and unite with the club
in commcmoratIng the anniversary of
the birthday of the illustrous soldier and
statesman. L. -. Grant. Circumstances
llHa however denied nR - ThI- niRlEnTa
Nv regret il the more intense because |
believe yOu will. while honoring the
memory of the great soldier whose gen
iUs preserved the Union. outline the
field of controversy for the coming
Presidential campaign. That this will
Ice done. and I've done wisely and
with view to the preservation
and enjoyment of their rights 10y the peo-
pie of every part of the country. | am
certain 0aat. while honoring the soldier
who. in paroling "A vanquished army as
brave As, though less fortunate than his
own. would accept no trophy that might
perpetuate the evil memorie,, of the war
between his comtrymen.
You will emulate his example. and
leave the dead past To- bury liz dead. On
but a single point in our Presidential
platform do ! entertain the slightest
solicitude ON the question of es-
Of duties on imports 80 thor
oughly protective as Ia enable
the people of this beautiful and miracu-
lously endowed region. in which. since
the adjournment of Congress | have
found refuge from the aSperities of my
native climate. Ia avail themselves of
ncalculable deposits of iron ore. coal
and limestone. which often coniine one
another i'm contiguous beds. by converting
them into ties with which To bind the
prOtitless. because excessive. production
of their cotton fields: by making wire
rods and wire for extending and main
tanning the hundreds of thousands of
miles of wire fence their fields require and
10y making water and gas pipes. stoves.
plows. wagons. shoyels and other imple-
menIs which they now purchase from
distant manufacturers, American and
foreign. our platform must express no
hesitating nor uncertain sound.
The time has come when the South can
10 all this and more. if adequate protec-
ton shall be guaranteed 10y our tariff t.
the capital and labor the change will in
Volve. Southern farmers will then learn
how profoundly they are interested in
such tariff For. under its
benign influence. remuneratiVe home
markets for the ordinary farm
products will be created and will
rescue them from the continued produc-
tion of ,otton to be sold at loss in the
market which they themselves have
gIutted. Yours very truly.
WM. u. KELLY.